Corporate Counsel

What Youll Do

Avalara is seeking an entrepreneurial lawyer to support Avalara’s fast-growing, global SaaS business. Avalara’s legal department is looking to add another employment attorney to its client-focused group with a strong emphasis on providing exceptional legal advice and advancing the company’s business goals. This team values collaboration, creativity, ownership, and high-quality work product and is dedicated to the professional development of its members.

This new position, Corporate Counsel, Employment, is responsible for assisting with the management and handling of labour and employment-related matters at Avalara Technologies Private Limited (Avalara, Inc’s India-based subsidiary).

Responsibilities

This position will be based in-person out of our Pune, India, office and have the following key responsibilities with respect to labour and employment law in India:

• Advise and assist the India People & Culture (HR) team with a wide range of day-to-day labour and employment-related matters including grievances, performance and disciplinary management, investigations, and other disputes.
• Draft and review notices, letters, policies, agreements, and other personnel-related documents.
• Review and advise on development and maintenance of employment policies and procedures, primarily those required for compliance with India labour and employment laws.
• Support other members of the legal team, outside counsel, and the People & Culture team to develop and revise policies and practices for managing employee-related matters in India.

In performing the job responsibilities, the successful candidate will competently:

• Identify and assess legal issues and provide guidance on appropriate action.
• Partner cross-functionally with various teams across Avalara such as People & Culture, Finance, Payroll, and IT/Security.
• With limited supervision, handle straightforward legal matters and legal questions, as assigned.
• Follow through to execution, while recognizing when to elevate certain matters to the attention of their manager or Avalaras General Counsel.
• Monitor and research India labour and employment laws and stay up-to-date on new and changing laws and regulations.
• Manage India-based outside counsel on employment-related matters.
• Understand best practices, what is customary, and what is legally required, and identify practical solutions.

Avalara attorneys routinely provide direction, work in partnership with others, and must have the following attributes:

• Enthusiastic, intellectually curious, and hard working.
• Strong team player who enjoys working with and supporting other members of the Legal department and employees across the company in different geographies.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and influence skills.
• Flexibility to work in multiple legal disciplines and adaptable to changing business needs.
• Strong analytical skills and judgment.
• Excellent organization.
• Ability to prioritize and manage workload.
• Urgency to follow through and meet deadlines.
• Desire to facilitate the success of others.

What Youll Need to be Successful

Minimum Qualifications

• JD, LLB, or equivalent degree.
• Admitted to practice law and in good standing in the jurisdiction in which position is located.
• Substantive employment law experience in India which may include internships or externships.

• Experience in counseling SaaS businesses on labour and employment matters.
• Experience at a US-based company and collaboration with employment counsel in different regions.
• Candidates with an interest in obtaining a deep understanding of Avalara’s SaaS business model is a strong plus.
  About Avalara
• We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.
• We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.

Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.

We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

EEO Statement

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.